Andreas Cape Verde is made up of 10 floating islands off the coast of Africa. It is a popular destination for holiday makers and offers a wealth or activities to do as well as golden sandy beaches, with perfect clear blue sea and all round sunny weather.
One of the most popular islands within Cape Verde is Sal. It has a beach which stretches over 8 kilometres, an array or local restaurants and al fresco cafes and beautiful cobbled towns that will keep you busy for hours.
The islands were originally discovered by the Portuguese, and there’s a mixture of African, Brazilian and Portuguese influences. This means that there is also a wide range of traditional foods on offer as well as history to check out and fashions to admire.
A flight from the UK takes about 6 hours but this part of Africa seems like a million miles away from the wet drizzly rain in the UK winter months.
